Reads / Books & Links

Here's a list of rich resources for advancing your team's ongoing learning and improvement efforts. Easily blended into individual learning, one-on-one conversations, work sessions, and "strategic business meetings," ReadStudy resources can be studied in entirety but are probably better used in "bite sized chunks" (quotes, chapters, crucial questions...).

	Board Handbooks - CASB's Leadership Workbook THE core read for all aspects of local board excellence
	Finding the Origination Point By Bill de la Cruz
	Now Elected, Now What - The Path to Successful School Governance By Chuck Namit
	Building Great School Board-Superintendent Teams - A Systemic Approach to Balancing Roles & Responsibilities By Bradley Balch and Michael Adamson
	The Governance Core: School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together By Davis Campbell and Michael Fullan
	Board handbooks - Locally owned and grown Holyoke, Mapleton and Peyton
	First Things First (Leading With A Focus On The Wildly Important) By Stephen R. Covey
	Conversational Capacity By Craig Weber
	Improving School Board Effectiveness – A Balanced Governance Approach By Tom Alsbury and Phil Gore
	Key Work Of School Boards NSBA's classic
	Leadership Is An Art Classic by Max DePree
	Schools Cannot Do It Alone By Jamie Vollmer
	Smartest Kids In The World A rich look at pace setting learning systems across the globe by Amanda Ripley
	The Essential School Board Book By Nancy Walser
	The Purple Book Simple, powerful, graphics-filled look at Colorado's financial dilemma by the folks at Colorado Fiscal Institute

For a supportive conversation, contact Brittany Crossman at 303-832-1000 or [email protected].